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Google has roughly 60% of its $44.6 billion in cash and cash-equivalents in the United States, so a purchase, no-matter how expensive, could get done.

The Internet giant reportedly tried to buy Twitter in early 2011, supposedly offering $10 billion, only to have the offer rebuffed. Twitter prefers to remain independent and may eventually go public, though that seems a while off.

Twitter supposedly has been able to grow its revenues drastically, but some question whether it makes sense for the micro-blogging giant to remain a standalone company, or be part of something bigger to reach a much broader audience.

Here are four reasons why Google would be wise to buy Twitter.

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Google+, Google’s social networking initiative, has over 90 million users. Figures for people who actively use the site are hard to find, as Google counts anyone who uses a Google product, and is logged in to their G+ account, as being an active member.

In contrast, Twitter sees incredible amounts of traffic and has become a “go-to” place for breaking news. Twitter users send over 250 million “tweets” or messages a day.

Twitter has long made its presence known during major events, including the Super Bowl.

This has signaled to some that perhaps Google does not “get” social, and never will, despite CEO Larry Page making social networking a top priority for the company.

In a recent interview, BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis said Google+ was not a bust, but noted that the search giant needs the customer data that comes out of Google+.

In the final three minutes of the Super Bowl tonight, there were an average of 10,000 Tweets per second.

Josh Bernoff, senior vice president for Idea Development at Forrester Research said that anything Google has done regarding social has been a “flop.” From Google Buzz, to Google Wave, to Google+, Google has had many social networking initiatives, and none of them have been successful, he explained. “If Google bought Twitter, that would be an admission of guilt. Buying Twitter would be expensive, but it would be worth it,” Bernoff noted.

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